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EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION

Course Code: SPCI7 • Study year: I • Academic Year: 2019-2020
Domain: Law - Masters • Field of study: Criminal Sciences and Criminology
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: Romanian
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Laura Cetean-Voiculescu
Seminar tutor: Laura Cetean-Voiculescu
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class / Seminary
Number of teaching hours per semester: 56
Number of teaching hours per week: 2
Semester: Summer
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 8

Course aims:

The fundamental objective of this discipline consists in knowing the main regulations in the protection of Human Rights
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Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

Part I. Introductory aspects on legal protection of human rights universally Chapter I. Introduction. International law rights Chapter II. The protection of human rights within the United Nations Part II. European system of human rights protection - institutions, principles, mechanism of protection Chapter I. History. Council of Europe Chapter II. The catalogue of rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols Chapter III. The principles of the European Convention of Human Rights Chapter IV. The current mechanism of protection of rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights Part III. Rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights Chapter I. Preliminary Specifications regarding the obligations assumed under article states. 1 of the Convention Chapter II. Right to Life Chapter III. The right to be free from torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Chapter IV. The right not to be subjected to slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labor Chapter V. The right to liberty and security of person Chapter VI. The right to a fair trial Chapter VII. The principle of legality of criminal offenses Chapter VIII. The right to respect for private and family life. Right to marry Chapter IX. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion Chapter X. Freedom of expression Chapter XI. Freedom of association and peaceful assembly Chapter XII. The right to an effective remedy before a national court Chapter XIII. The right not to suffer discrimination Chapter XIV. Ownership Chapter XV. Right to education Chapter XVI. The right to free and fair elections, organized at reasonable intervals Part IV. Protection of economic, social and cultural - European Social Charter Part V a. Other systems of human rights protection in Europe Chapter I. The European Union and Human Rights Chapter II. Protection of human rights in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

• Applying theories, principles and concepts in a context determined • Preliminary analysis of the data, their interpretation, the carrying out of classifications and some conceptual delineations • Development of Vocational projects using theories, principles and specific methods of entitlement.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper – interpretative essay – 80%; continuous assessment – 20%.

Recommended reading:

• Cornel Liviu Popescu, "International Protection of Human Rights", Publishing All Beck, 2004;
• Florentina Burlacu, "The European Union and Human Rights", cogito.ucdc.ro/2012/v9ol4n1/7;
• Bianca Selejan-Gutan, "European judicial system of human rights protection", undergraduate course, University "Lucian Blaga", Sibiu, 2003;